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Prescott L. Deininger

Prescott L. Deininger

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D-Index
83
Citations
115354
World Ranking
1378
National Ranking
650

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Prescott L. Deininger is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in agricultural and biological sciences. They have contributed extensively to the study of molecular biology and plant science, as well as cancer research.

Deininger's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Frequent publication venues for Deininger include:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Mobile DNA
  • Human Mutation

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Deininger are:

  • "Analysis of epigenetic features characteristic of L1 loci expressed in human cells," 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Organ-, sex- and age-dependent patterns of endogenous L1 mRNA expression at a single locus resolution," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Comparative analysis on the expression of L1 loci using various RNA-Seq preparations," 2020, Mobile DNA
  • "Altered DNA repair creates novel Alu/Alu repeat-mediated deletions," 2021, Human Mutation
  • "SCIFER: approach for analysis of LINE-1 mRNA expression in single cells at a single locus resolution," 2022, Mobile DNA

Deininger has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Tiffany Kaul
  • Maria E. Morales
  • Victoria P. Belancio
  • Emily C. Stow
  • Melody Baddoo

Deininger has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning: A laboratory manual

    Prescott Deininger

  • DNA sequence and expression of the B95-8 Epstein—Barr virus genome

    R. Baer;R. Baer;A. T. Bankier;M. D. Biggin;P. L. Deininger

  • Alu repeats and human genomic diversity

    Mark A. Batzer;Prescott L. L. Deininger

  • Alu repeats and human disease.

    Prescott L. Deininger;Mark A. Batzer

  • NONVIRAL RETROPOSONS: GENES, PSEUDOGENES, AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS GENERATED BY THE REVERSE FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION

    Alan M. Weiner;Prescott L. Deininger;Argiris Efstratiadis

  • Base sequence studies of 300 nucleotide renatured repeated human DNA clones

    Prescott L. Deininger;Douglas J. Jolly;Carol M. Rubin;Theodore Friedmann

  • Random subcloning of sonicated DNA: application to shotgun DNA sequence analysis.

    Prescott L. Deininger

  • Ubiquitous, interspersed repeated sequences in mammalian genomes

    Warren R. Jelinek;Thomas P. Toomey;Leslie Leinwand;Craig H. Duncan

  • Alu elements: know the SINEs

    Prescott Deininger

  • Mobile elements and mammalian genome evolution

    Prescott L Deininger;John V Moran;Mark A Batzer;Haig H Kazazian

  • The human LINE-1 retrotransposon creates DNA double-strand breaks.

    Stephen L. Gasior;Timothy P. Wakeman;Bo Xu;Prescott L. Deininger

  • Dominant and recessive deafness caused by mutations of a novel gene, TMC1 , required for cochlear hair-cell function

    Kiyoto Kurima;Linda M. Peters;Yandan Yang;Saima Riazuddin

  • Alu insertion polymorphisms and human evolution: evidence for a larger population size in Africa.

    Mark Stoneking;Jennifer J. Fontius;Stephanie L. Clifford;Himla Soodyall

  • Master genes in mammalian repetitive DNA amplification.

    Prescott L. Deininger;Mark A. Batzer;Clyde A. Hutchison;Marshall H. Edgell

  • Partial nucleotide sequence of the 300-nucleotide interspersed repeated human DNA sequences

    Carol M. Rubin;Catherine M. Houck;Prescott L. Deininger;Theodore Friedmann

  • Mammalian non-LTR retrotransposons: for better or worse, in sickness and in health.

    Victoria P. Belancio;Dale J. Hedges;Prescott Deininger

  • Evolution of the master Alu gene(s)

    M R Shen;M A Batzer;P L Deininger

  • Enhanced evolutionary PCR using oligonucleotides with inosine at the 3'-terminus.

    Mark A. Batzer;James E. Carlton;Prescott L. Deininger

  • Sequence organization of the human genome.

    Carl W. Schmid;Prescott L. Deininger

  • A human-specific subfamily of Alu sequences.

    Mark A. Batzer;Prescott L. Deininger

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Batzer
Mark A. Batzer Louisiana State University
Carl W. Schmid
Carl W. Schmid University of California, Davis
Dale J. Hedges
Dale J. Hedges University of Miami
Bronya J.B. Keats
Bronya J.B. Keats Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Theodore Friedmann
Theodore Friedmann University of California, San Diego
Mark Stoneking
Mark Stoneking Max Planck Society
Rene J. Herrera
Rene J. Herrera Colorado College
Tamim H. Shaikh
Tamim H. Shaikh University of Colorado Denver
Bart Barrell
Bart Barrell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Paul J. Farrell
Paul J. Farrell Imperial College London

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